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2^W ENGLAND FARMER. 



Aug, 



needed fertilizers, is indicated hy the following 

 letter from that town pul)lished in the N. E. Home- 

 stead : — 



Mr. E. Belden iv Son have received twenty-one 

 carloads of manure from Montpolier and ^liddle- 

 hnry, Vt., one lumdrcd cords at a cost of a'loiit 

 $13.00 per cord, delivered ui)oji their river hits; 

 cost of freight, per carload from Montpelier is .ftO; 

 from Middlebiiry, $3G; from Uliitdiall, ^^ Y., 

 #34, from which place Messrs. Crafts, Wood ct 

 Billings have received ''twelve carloads and arc to 

 have two carloads jicr wet'k thioiigh the entire 

 season. Mr. Charles R. Crafts from this i)lace, 

 their agent, has moved to Whitehall and is snper- 

 mtending its loading, shipment, iScc. Wells T. 

 Smith has received one carload from Ilolyoke 

 vanlts, delivered at our depot at .*1.3 jjcr cord. 

 Israel Smith has received three carloads of lime 

 and ashes from South Adams. C. G. Crafts two '■ 

 carloads from Vermont. One hundred and ten ! 

 tons Peruvian Guano, about seventy-five tons 

 Phosphate, ten tons fish guano, three carloads 

 plaster, two carloads lime, some potash and va- 

 rious smaller lots of fertilizers to experiment upon 

 have been sold here this spring, at a total cost of ' 

 about P0,000 to .■«f2.5,000. It has made very brisk I 

 times for farmers here, causing a veiy "wide" I 

 odor, sometimes almost too extensive for tlie or- j 

 dinary nasal apparatus to endure ! But tobacco is j 

 sovereign ; his sceptre a mighty one and our people 

 en masse bow submissively to his inexorable de- 

 mands. • I 



We have had a good time to set plants and i 

 many ai-e already through with that part of the j 

 work. Everybody has been tjowed, in rain or 

 shine, to the task — so now, old rheuniati>m comes 

 in for his harvest of aches and pains. Lame ))acks, 

 lame sides, lame limbs, lame necks, lanie heads 

 and swelled eyes seem to be the iirevailing com- 

 plaints. Why, we are pcrfecth' delirious, mono- 

 maniac, on the growth of the sovereign ''weed !" 

 and wliatever the cost of funds, muscles or brains 

 are bound to grow it. 



For the Niw Enghind Farmer. 

 FLOWER GARDENING FOR JULY. 

 Cultivation of Summer l''lo« crinij Kulbs, Jupuu Lilies, 

 Gladiolus, Tigriclias, is.c. 



Japan Lilies have become the belles of the 

 parterre, among the bulbous tribes. They are 

 perfectly hardy, enduring the coldest winters 

 of New England witli a .slight covering of 

 leaves or stable litter, and they flower pro- 

 fusely in almost any good, connnon soil, and 

 their flowers are truly magnificent. Within 

 the past few years several new species ami va- 

 rieties have been either imported or produced 

 from seed by our own florists, and so great is 

 their number, connected with other species of 

 lilies, that some cultivators make a specialty of 

 growing them for the market. Tlu> bull)s 

 should not be disturbed oftener than once in 

 three or four years, as they do not bloom so 

 finely if their roots are molested. They re- 

 quire much moisture while flowering, and if 

 the season is hot and dry, a nuilching of moist 

 leaf mould or mainire will greatly increase 

 their beauty, and the; nundjer (jf their flowers. 

 Though they will grow in any soil, yet their 

 native element is rich and loamy, mingled with 

 sandy peat, and fliey will grow several inches 

 taller and produce many more flowers if their 



tastes are consulted and complied with. There 

 are several species of these flowers. 



Jjiliiim lancifulinm is their botanical name, 

 and the varieties run through various shades 

 of crimson, from pale blush, flesh color and 

 rose, to the deepest crimson. They grow 

 from eighteen inches to three feet high, ])ro- 

 ducing from three to twelve flowers, from four 

 to si.\ inches in diameter, with jjetals much re- 

 ilexed, and dotted with crimson and brown 

 and papilla- which glow like jewels on the light 

 gi-ound work of the petals. 



Jjiliinn (inrutum is also a native of Japan, 

 and was brought to this country nearly fen 

 years since, when one bulb was sold for forty 

 dollars, but they have increased so extensively 

 that fine flowering bulbs can now be purchased 

 for fifty cents. 



It is called the Queen of Lilies, and is the 

 most lovely of all the lily tribe. The flowers 

 are very large, frecpiently from ten to twelve 

 inches across, and of a pure white, with a gol- 

 den yellow stripe down the centre of each 

 petal, while every petal is dotted with purplish 

 crimson pa])illie. It grows from two to four 

 feet high, and a single stalk will often bear 

 from eighteen to twenty of these magnificent 

 flowers. It possesses a most delicious fra- 

 grance, fairly j)erfuming the evening air. It 

 is raised from seeds, and several new varieties 

 have been produced, one of which is of a 

 snowy whiteness ; the other has exchanged its 

 golilen barul for a purplish crimson one. 



These lilies are not quite as hardy as the L. 

 land folium, but they will endure the coldest 

 winter with a slight covering of leaves of ever- 

 green boughs. At its first introduction into 

 England it was considered a iitove plant, and 

 so treated, but the flowers were ])oor and with- 

 ered. Out-door culture was tried, and the 

 true beauty of the [)lant was revealed. 



Lilinm lunyijloriim is also a native of Ja- 

 pan. It grows from ten to fifteen inches high, 

 and produces from two to five trumpet-shaped ' 

 flowers of the most pearly whiteness and from 

 six to eight inches long. The internal base of 

 the tube is of a greenish white and they are 

 very fragrant. If the flower stalk is cut and 

 immersed in water, they will keep fresh for 

 mor(! than a week. 



Liliitm eximium is also a Japanese flower, 

 somewhat similar to Ij. longifioriun, but its 

 flowers are larger, and there is no greenish 

 tint at its base. Two other species have lately 

 been introduced from Japan, Ij. takesinia, or 

 .lama-juri and L. lin-lin, which belong to the 

 same species of the above named lilies. 



Ldium Drownii is supposed to be a native 

 of Corea. Its flowers are very large and of 

 snowy whiteness on the inside, while the exte- 

 rior is striped and blotched with a deep j)urple 

 hue. This flower recpiires a partial shade, and 

 the soil should be (piite sandy and well drained. 



Lilinm fuhjents or L. sanyninea is also 

 from Japan. It grows at lejist twenty inches 

 high, and its flowers are from three to six 



